Print these instructions now!! The most common reason people
have problems installing the UMass Chime resources is that they
skip over these simple instructions.

Updates only:
If you are upgrading to a new version of a Chime resource previously
installed and working, delete all files in the
old folders (e.g. for Hemoglobin, delete all files in
chime\hemoglob. (In order to avoid having
to separate them out during upgrades, you should never put any files containing
your personal work in these folders.)

If you have not downloaded some of these packages before, first
create a new folder (directory) named chime, for example
on your C: drive (c:\chime).

In your chime folder,
create a new folder/subdirectory with the same name as the zipped
filename of the resource you wish to download (without the trailing .exe,
for example if you download
antibody.exe, create folder c:\chime\antibody).

Download the .exe file into its new empty directory/folder of the
same name. DO NOT LEAVE THE .EXE FILE ON YOUR DESKTOP!
MOVE IT TO THE APPROPRIATE FOLDER.
IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY RUN THE .EXE FILE ON YOUR DESKTOP, IT
WILL MAKE A BIG MESS ON YOUR DESKTOP!

In Windows, open Windows Explorer and find the
.exe file you have just downloaded. Make sure it is
in the directory/folder matching its name. For example if
you downloaded bilayers.exe, it must be in the
directory/folder c:\chime\bilayers. If it is not there,
move it there now.

Double click on the .exe file and
it will unzip (decompress) itself. (If a DOS window remains open when
this has finished, close the DOS window.)
After unzipping, you may delete the .exe file if you wish.

Note: If and only if you are downloading the Noncovalent Bond Finder,
or the Protein Morpher, you also need
the package shared.exe. It must be in placed in a directory/folder
named shared, e.g.
c:\chime\shared. A directory/folder named
for example "shared folder" or "shared.exe" will not work!
Create the folder shared side by side with your other folder(s),
e.g. c:\chime\morpher and c:\chime\shared. Download
shared.exe into this folder and unzip it by double-clicking.

All UMass Chime resources run in Netscape.
Some also run in Internet Explorer -- these are marked
*Win-IE-Compatible*
on the main Chime Resources page.
Start an appropriate browser.

Netscape: Pull down the File menu, select Open Page,
and use the Choose File button to find and open the file
index.htm (not index.html) in the
new folder containing the resource you have just unpacked.
Bookmark it!
In future, use this bookmark to start your downloaded
UMass Chime resource.
(You do not need to open or bookmark any file in the shared folder.)

Internet Explorer:
(only if the resource is designated Win-IE-Compatible -- see above).
Pull down the File menu, select Open,
and use the Browse button to find and OK the file
index.htm (not index.html) in the
new folder containing the resource you have just unpacked.
Bookmark it!
In future, use this bookmark to start your downloaded
UMass Chime resource.
(You do not need to open or bookmark any file in the shared folder.)

Print these instructions now!! The most common reason people
have problems installing the UMass Chime resources is that they
skip over these simple instructions.

Updates only:
If you are upgrading to a new version of a Chime resource previously
installed and working, delete all files in the
old folders (e.g. for Hemoglobin, delete all files in
Chime Resources:hemoglob. (In order to avoid having
to separate them out during upgrades, you should never put any files containing
your personal work in these folders.)

If you have not downloaded some of these packages before, first
create a new folder named Chime Resources.

If you do not have a recent (updated 2000 or more recently) version
of
Aladdin Stuffit Expander freeware, update your version now.
Version 5.5 or later works with the .exe files downloadable here.

Download the .exe file containing the desired UMass Chime Resource.

If Stuffit Expander does not automatically decompress the
.exe file, drop the .exe file onto Stuffit Expander. This
will create a folder named, for example, "shared.exe Folder". [This folder
will contain many files (.htm, .spt, .js).]

Rename the unpacked folder to just the part of the name before the
.exe.
For example, rename "shared.exe Folder" to
shared, and rename "antibody.exe Folder"
to
antibody.
Your resources may fail to work if you don't rename the folders
in this manner. The name of the shared folder is particularly critical.
(You need the shared folder only if you are downloading
the Noncovalent Bond Finder or the Protein Morpher.)

Drag the renamed folder(s) into the "Chime Resources" folder. It is critical
that the "shared" folder be in the same "Chime Resources" folder which
contains the folders for
the resources which need it, namely "find-ncb" and "morpher".

In Netscape, select File, Open and double
click on the file index.htm (not index.html) in the folder of the
new resource. (Chime is not available for Macintosh Internet Explorer.
You do not need to open any file in the shared folder.)